Tiina's giveaway

31 Jan

יום ראשון, 21 באוקטובר 2012

Two more paintings for the gallery project

My husband and I are no art connoisserus. We bought paintings within our budjet and taste, as souvenirs from our stay or visits in South America. Gradually they became a collection. Sometimes the frames cost more than the paintings.

The two paintings I am showing here are by a Colombian collage artist called Carlose. They represent a protest against poverty.

Two homeless boys adrift. Their clothes are pieces of fabric.

It's a rather large painting. You can see the miniature on the bottom of the frame.

Made of various pieces of wood, carton, etc. We actually saw real ones like this.

1:1 size painting with the miniature 1:12 at the bottom right side of the frame.

I am making progress with the frames. I'll soon have to do something about the box.

I have always enjoyed looking at the real paintings in contrast with the minis :).

You have done a great job with the framing. I totally get you when you say the frames cost more than the paintings. One time I spent what I considered way too much on a painting. I was so disgusted with myself that I left it rolled up in the tube I :). came home with for the next 4 years When I shifted recently, the walls in my office was perfect for the painting. and I finally took it out:).

It's not how much we pay for a painting that matters, it's what the painting means to us. I had a painting once that I had purchased in a garage sale and it had a gorgeous frame. It was a pastoral scene with a road that ascended and disappeared. I loved looking at that painting and it made me happy. Nobody else liked it. Finally, I gave it away and I have always regretted it.

Hello Drora,You have such a wonderful real lifew collection. I thinka rt should be purchased because it speaks to you, not because you're a connaisseur. Your mini interpretationsa are just wonderful. Your work is always such great quality...it's a pleasure to see your posts.Big hug,Giac

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My name is Drora. My hobbies are dollhouse miniatures, classical music, folklore arts and crafts from all over the world. My interests are languages and books.
I collect dollhouse miniatures and also make some myself. I have a small collection of books on this subject and for a long while subscribed to a dollhouse magazine.